UPDATE: Looks like Tom Holland was trolling, as revealed by an interview with io9.

“Itâ€™s funny, I literally had a conversation with Kevin like 20 minutes before [The Huffington Post] interview and he didnâ€™t confirm it, I took it upon myself just because I thought it would be a good story and itâ€™s exploded.”

ORIGINAL STORY:

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is full of little surprises. While Marvel Studios wasnâ€™t always confident that theyâ€™d be able to bring the MCU to fruition in The Avengers, they still had fun peppering little teases early on in their universe. However, there is one tease that not a lot of folks could have seen coming.

Remember that little kid in Iron Man 2 that stands up to one of the rogue drone robots? He had an Iron Man mask on, and he held up his hand to the thing, hoping to blast it away like Tony Stark. Luckily, Stark came in and saved the boy from almost certain destruction. It was a quaint, fun Hollywood moment in an otherwise forgettable film. But who was that kid?

Yes, I know, not everyoneâ€™s been wondering, but it turns out we should have. Speaking with The Huffington Post, Peter Parker himself Tom Holland confirmed that the little kid is actually Peter Parker.

â€œIt is Peter Parker. I can confirm that, that is Peter Parker. I can confirm that as of today. I literally had a conversation with Kevin Feige only 20 minutes ago. Maybe Iâ€™ve just done a big, old spoiler, but itâ€™s out there now. Itâ€™s cool. I like the idea that Peter Parker has been in the universe since the beginning.”

Of course, thereâ€™s no way that could have actually been planned back then, during Phase 1. Around that time, The Avengers still hadnâ€™t proved that a team-up flick was possible, and the idea of seeing Spider-Man in this world was barely even a pipe dream.

All the same, given the age of the little boy, itâ€™s very possible Feige looked at that one day and was like, sure, why not? Itâ€™s also possible they planted that in there early on and thought, â€œmaybe one day weâ€™ll be able to look back on this and make it connect.

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Joseph Jammer Medina is an author, podcaster, and editor-in-chief of LRM. A graduate of Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Television, Jammer's always had a craving for stories. From movies, television, and web content to books, anime, and manga, he's always been something of a story junkie.

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